YoungSimpson
RIP Strika
Somebody cut this bytch face quick
**NEW** Lauryn Hill - Consumerism
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Luvs 2 Spooge
Pro
hopefully she blames this song's complete lack of rhythm on white people
Kingshango
Veteran
Should have just kept on releasing every song from Miseducation.
USSInsiders
Banned
This sounds like Gift of Gab wrote this shyt
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
it would be good if Gift of Gab wrote it
TrifeGod
Chasing The Dragon
....is she trying to sign to Def Jux or some shyt
Nate Plisken
Rookie
You're arguing against yourself with the bolded.
What's soul music? Did Sly Stone make soul music, does Prince? You can't be considered a genius if you keep producing the same art. Talented artists are constantly pushing and moving the genre in a different direction. It's up to the audience to accept it or dismiss it. Most artists hope that their core fans musical tastes grow and become refined. Like when you a kid and enjoyed hamburgers, but you got older and discovered steak. You don't totally abandon hamburger, but if a choice cut steak is presented to you, then more than likely you are going to choose the steak.
It's also dismissive to attribute their change in musical styles to synthetic drug use, especially without any proof.
"Their music doesn't sound like Al Green's anymore, they must be on "dem bath salts"
It's like saying Picasso or Van Gogh were opiate addicts and that's why their art changed all the time, Instead of just crediting them with being genre pushing artists.
I'm not talking exclusively 'Al Green' capital S Soul music when I say soul music, I'm talking about art from the soul/heart rather than the head. And I'm not saying they need to make the same music over and over. They can evolve, but drug induced tantrums over a distorted drum machine and synth don't cut it.
Artists can evolve but still keep that underlying feeling. eg. her Unplugged stuff, MBDTF, Miles doing the fusion thing*, 3 stacks, damn even Common on Electric Circus.
* yeah I know
And I'm no anti drugs crusader either, I've done most of them and think they should be legalised and regulated. It's just the feeling you get from meth and Molly leaves you so empty and devoid. Compare that to say weed. I can hear it in this music. It's the same thing Kendrick been on about
